“One of those factors was a 22.2 percent drop in defense spending, the largest since 1972. The Financial Times says the drop in defense spending alone knocked 1.3 percent off gross domestic product for the final quarter of 2012.”

And this all over the net this morning. This clip is from the Daily Beast:

“This is an important change in momentum. Last year, Republicans generally sounded more alarmed about Pentagon cuts than about spending and the budget deficit. But now, that’s flipping.”

With automatic across the board cuts by sequestration in a few days, we may be in for quite an economic ride.

From the story about the 21st District House election — Laurens said he was proud to have kept his campaign positive. “We never once mentioned my opponent’s name. It’s sad that some have decided that’s the best way to win,” he said.

Really Brian? Hmmm, what was that whole deal yesterday as posted by Mike, something about a false endorsement mailer which included a completely bogus candidate comparison with a picture of your named opponent. Hopefully you learned from this first campaign that following the lead of your former mentor John Oxendine is not a winning campaign strategy.